2 Trauma Queens (formerly The Stuck Stops Here)

TSSH 40 - Grey Rock n' Roll 🎸

July 23, 2020 Tami R Atman, LW Nolie Season 3 Episode 7
2 Trauma Queens (formerly The Stuck Stops Here)
TSSH 40 - Grey Rock n' Roll 🎸
Show Notes

The phrase “Gray Rock Method” was first coined by blogger Skylar in this article on her website: https://180rule.com/the-gray-rock-method-of-dealing-with-psychopaths/ after a fateful conversation she had with a complete stranger. You should definitely go and read that article after you’ve finished here.

Whether you play a big role such as a partner or family member, or a smaller part such as an occasional acquaintance, adopting the Gray Rock method is an effective way to get yourself written out of the series altogether.

Just imagine watching a scene from a show or film in which one character gives nothing in the way of emotion or interesting dialogue. How boring would that be? You’d probably switch over to something else, right?

There’s an old saying that is quite relevant here: you can’t get blood from a stone.

In this case, you are the stone (or rock) and the blood is any behavior that provides the narcissist with the supply they crave.

Keep dialogue to an absolute minimum. If you don’t have to talk to them, don’t.

Never talk about your personal life, even the smallest details.

They will hook their claws into any morsel of information you provide and use it to try and further the conversation and extract narcissistic supply from you.

They want to know what you value in your life now. They envy what you have (regardless of what it is), and if they can’t have it, they will seek to take it from you somehow.

Remember, they are driven by their egos, and any suggestion that you are better off without them or that they are in some way inferior to you will be seen as an affront to their identity.

They see themselves as above everyone else in every regard, and if you imply that you are doing better than they are, it will enrage them.

Do not ask them questions.

The Gray Rock Method is not always easy, but it is often effective. You might want to scream at them at times, but by biting your tongue and not flinching when they try to get a response, you will starve them of the drama they feed off.

Rather than go without it (which is simply not an option for them), a narcissist will look elsewhere for a new source of supply.

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